by Anna Weaver | Feb 22, 2017 | All Posts, tips for open mic hosts
When open mics are Your Thing, you go to a lot of open mics. You see different formats, different venues, different house rules. And you see how each host welcomes people in, tees up the rules, manages the list, introduces performers, and does all the other things...
by Anna Weaver | Oct 22, 2016 | All Posts, tips for open mic hosts, US open mics
The Triangle—where I call home—has its share of strong, steady poetry events—slams in Durham and Chapel Hill, page poet affairs at bookstores in Chapel Hill and Fearrington Village, and a monthly series brilliantly titled “Two Writers Walk Into a Bar.” (That one’s not...